Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,518 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Christopher Paul Curtis (1953- )
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Dexter Gordon (1923-1990)
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The African American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
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Ed Dwight (1933- )

Explore Global African History

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Entebbe Raid (June 28, 1976)
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Malamine Koné (1971– )
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Piedad Esneda Córdoba Ruiz (1955- )
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El Mina São Jorge da Mina

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Frances Louise Hamilton (LT) and Hallie Annie Dee Williams (RT), 1927 Yearbook Photos
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Go Anyplace But Here, Please: The Fight to Train Black Nurses in San Diego
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The Myth of the Buffalo Soldiers
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Dating Harriet Jacobs: Why Birthdates Matter to Historians
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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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